Photo Assignment- SPORTING EVENT- Due July 30

[Big Bully]

This could be anything, it doesn't have to be an organized sport. I want everyone to get creative. If you play marbles or hacky sack great!! Photo it!

Be creative! New submissions please.

Have fun!

[TPF Sponsor]

[frfefarfearz]

whew! THIS IS a cooool subject! i hope to see ur photos heeere!

[Garbz]

Please be careful with this one. Especially if it's a school event or an organised event. There's a very good chance you may step on toes when you take photos at a sporting event.

[LaFoto]

Ooooo. I should be able to take part.
For I have a commission on 28 and 29 June - I have to cover the swim meet being organised by the team my daughter belongs to. Will be a big event, and I'm the team's official photographer. (And yes, I made sure I'm watertight on this legally - personally, that is. If something should come up, I worked on commission and the club has to answer to it).

[Big Bully]

Ok I am in the clear with this one, because this little baseball dude is my son.



So is this one... In the green...

[johngpt]

Here are a few of my more memorable sports snaps.

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2.


3.



In the third one, you can tell I'm improving. Someone's boots are in the top left corner of the photo!

Er, top right corner.
Wonder if the lexdyxia is a cause for so many shots of grass?

[johngpt]

Here are a couple from earlier this spring club season. U.S. U16 age group.

Goal Kick:



Punt:


I believe I was using my Olympus E-1, with the 55-200 lens, and the 1.4 teleconverter. ISO probably 400, shutter priority, probably 1/640, f/probably around 11.

[johngpt]

From two seasons ago, high school ball:



And from last season's high school ball:


Fractured tibia in pre-season tournament. He missed the whole high school season, coming out of his cast in late January of this year, and was able to participate in the spring club season, as seen in the photos in the post above.

[johngpt]

And now a couple weird ones.

Remember the Scary Movie series? And that weird thing coming down the stairs?



And here's a composite, taken back when he was playing U13 club ball.

[frfefarfearz]

woohoo! soccer! i loooove soccer.. hoping to see moooore of your shots!

[johngpt]

I had the opportunity to attend a sumo competition. Those guys are massive!

[Big Bully]

John those are fantastic!! The sumo wrestler was great, I love his facial expression!!

[AdrianBetti]

[johngpt]

So Adrian, you gone pro yet? You've been posting great stuff.

[husky_mom]

those lawn ones made me LOL.... I could just picture trying to get action shots and come up with just grass as they were too fast... LOL....